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US 2024/0398890 A1Published application
Method for Treatment of Microbial Infections
AssigneeGovernment of the United States as Represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
InventorOscar N. Ruiz
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Abstract
A method of treating microbial infections that entails producing a space over the infected site by covering such site with an impermeable material and then filling such space with an antimicrobial material (in the form of a solution, cream, gel, colloid, etc) comprising an efflux pump inhibitor soluble in a non-polar solvent is provided. The antimicrobial material can also be applied in multiple other ways such as a cream or released from a band-aid or gauze. Such treatment method may also be used with newly discovered antibiotics.
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A method comprising applying:
- a) applying a biocide to a target area and then applying a nonpolar solvent to said target area;
- b) applying a nonpolar solvent to a target area and then applying a biocide to said target area;
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- c) applying a mixture comprising a biocide and a nonpolar solvent to a target area said biocide being a microbial efflux pump inhibitor.
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